单词 | mumbletypeg |
释义 | mumbletypeg in British English (ˈmʌmbəltɪˌpɛɡ) noun US a game in which players throw a knife in various prescribed ways, the aim being to make the blade stick in the ground Word origin C17: from mumble the peg, a loser in the game being required to pull the knife out of the ground using theteethmumbletypeg in American English (ˈmʌmbəltiˌpɛg) noun a children's game in which a jackknife is tossed in various ways to make it land with the blade in the ground, the loser originally having to draw a peg from the ground with his or her teeth Word origin altered < mumble-the-peg < mumble, to bite |
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